Russia has invaded Ukraine
09-02-2023, 09:39
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
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09-02-2023, 10:05
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
Good article here on why we have no suitable jets for Ukraine.
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Decades of cuts to the UK armed forces have left the Royal Air Force a runt of its former self with far too few planes, pilots and instructors to teach new talent.
Ukraine's air force is in desperate need of multi-role jets - aircraft that can fight in the air, such as by taking out missiles or attacking enemy aircraft and bomb targets on the ground.
The Royal Air Force had exactly the right kind of airframe for such a task and had enough in stock to be able to offer some away to a friendly nation in need - the Tornado GR4.
Unfortunately, all of those aircraft were retired from service four years ago to save money.
It all makes any talk of the UK giving fast jets to Ukraine sound hollow, potentially raising false hopes at a time when the Ukrainian military just needs credible answers.
An RAF source said it was nonsense to think the UK could offer fast jets to Ukraine.
"Tranche 1 [Typhoon] are just training aircraft no good for combat," the source said.
"The Tornado is a fantastic jet, but too difficult to maintain, operate and they will now be in disrepair or mothballs. Going nowhere for months."
Anything else would be "too expensive, complicated, we don't have any spare".
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https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sun...acity-12806431
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09-02-2023, 10:12
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
I wondered about that - the current operational fighter aircraft of the RAF are Typhoons FGR4s and Lightning F35Bs; can’t see us giving any of them away, and the training time (pilots and ground crew) would be too long anyway.
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09-02-2023, 10:25
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
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Originally Posted by Hugh
I wondered about that - the current operational fighter aircraft of the RAF are Typhoons FGR4s and Lightning F35Bs; can’t see us giving any of them away, and the training time (pilots and ground crew) would be too long anyway.
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Can other countries help? Is it back to equipment they are used to from their ex-Iron Curtain neighbours?
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09-02-2023, 10:56
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This country is fecked but they still find money to help fund a war and to make ourselves a bigger target in the process. What a joke. Surely it should be a collective NATO response to what we can and can't do to provide or supply. Why does UK always have to be first in the queue to butt into everything that goes on.
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09-02-2023, 11:11
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
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Ground attack Tornados were retired along with the Harrier because they were uneconomical and couldn't be upgraded.
The Typhoon, originally an air superiority jet, has effectively been upgraded to a 4.5gen aircraft has now also taken over the Tornado's ground attack capability.
And obviously we have the F35's
But both these aircraft are just too expensive, complicated and valuable to be given away.
If the Ukraine want ground attack capability they'd be better off with Reaper drones.
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09-02-2023, 13:26
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
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Originally Posted by Pierre
Ground attack Tornados were retired along with the Harrier because they were uneconomical and couldn't be upgraded.
The Typhoon, originally an air superiority jet, has effectively been upgraded to a 4.5gen aircraft has now also taken over the Tornado's ground attack capability.
And obviously we have the F35's
But both these aircraft are just too expensive, complicated and valuable to be given away.
If the Ukraine want ground attack capability they'd be better off with Reaper drones.
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What you and Sky News say makes sense but the question is why Sunak said nothing is off the table? To demoralise Russia? To put pressure on France and other NATO members?
Also, just flagging it's Ukraine, not the Ukraine.
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09-02-2023, 13:51
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
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What you and Sky News say makes sense but the question is why Sunak said nothing is off the table? To demoralise Russia? To put pressure on France and other NATO members?
Also, just flagging it's Ukraine, not the Ukraine.
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He’s sending positive vibes, rather than just saying "no, we don’t have anything you could use"…
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09-02-2023, 18:39
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
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He’s sending positive vibes, rather than just saying "no, we don’t have anything you could use"…
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He's also said the UK will begin training Ukrainian pilots.What will they be training on?
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09-02-2023, 19:01
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
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Originally Posted by peanut
This country is fecked but they still find money to help fund a war and to make ourselves a bigger target in the process. What a joke. Surely it should be a collective NATO response to what we can and can't do to provide or supply. Why does UK always have to be first in the queue to butt into everything that goes on.
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Might a collective NATO response risk a greater chance of WWII in one for or another?
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
What you and Sky News say makes sense but the question is why Sunak said nothing is off the table? To demoralise Russia? To put pressure on France and other NATO members?
Also, just flagging it's Ukraine, not the Ukraine.
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Thank goodness it's not the UK!
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09-02-2023, 19:53
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He's also said the UK will begin training Ukrainian pilots.What will they be training on?
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Simulators, like RAF & Navy pilots do…
https://des.mod.uk/fighter-heralds-a...-jet-training/
https://www.inavateonthenet.net/news...aining-options
Or the basic training on Prefects, Texas T1s, and Hawk T2s.
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09-02-2023, 19:56
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
A lot of the training NATO fast jet pilots receive isn’t type specific. They eventually qualify on the jet they’re going to specialise on but prior to that is all the basic flight training and then a lot of tactical stuff that’s the same regardless.
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09-02-2023, 20:53
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Maybe we could do an exchange with Ukraine. Our fighter pilots for their plumbers, it's a win win.
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09-02-2023, 21:49
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From the sounds of it, we don't think there is a realistic prospect of giving them planes until soon but we will go ahead anyway with a view that post-war Ukraine will need an army sharpish to avoid further invasions.
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09-02-2023, 21:52
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine
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Maybe we could do an exchange with Ukraine. Our fighter pilots for their plumbers, it's a win win.
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Since it takes over four years at a cost of over £4,000,000, to train a fast jet jockey, let’s not…
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